Planes clip wings at Bangkok airport
Investigators are looking into why two passenger planes clipped wings on the tarmac at Bangkok’s international airport, cracking a wing on one of the planes, Thai authorities said today.
No one was injured in the accident, which occurred late yesterday when a Singapore Airlines plane was taxiing to a gate and a Thai Airways plane was travelling to the runway for takeoff, said Surapol Isaragura, director of Thai Airways’ emergency operations.
The accident cracked the wing of the Thai Airways plane, and all its passengers were transferred to another plane. No damage was reported to the Singapore plane.
The air transportation agency ordered the captains of both planes to undergo medical check-ups. If the accident was caused by human error, authorities will revoke the responsible captain’s licence, said Chaisak Angsuwan, the agency’s director general.
